The Marine Strategy Framework DirectiveThe Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Latest developmentsLatest developments

EuropeanEuropean CommissionCommission

DG DG EnvironmentEnvironment

Marine and Water Marine and Water IndustryIndustry UnitUnit

StatusStatus: September 2014: September 2014

Latest developmentsLatest developments

The Marine Directive Managing sustainability across sectors

(ecosystem based approach)

MSFD

EnergyTrans-port

Fisheries/ aqua-culture

Natural resources / minerals

Tourism

The Marine Directive Integrating other EU environment policies

Marine Strategy Framework DirectiveMarine Strategy Framework Directive

Coordination of all other objectives & measures

CFP

Biodiversity / Natura2000

WFDWaste

FDMSP

SEA / EIA

Good Environment Status(Annex I Descriptors) (GES Criteria in Decision 2010/477/EU)

No. Topic

1 Biological diversity

2 Non-indigenous species

3 Commercial fish & shellfish3 Commercial fish & shellfish

4 Food-webs

5 Eutrophication

6 Sea-floor integrity

7 Hydrography

8 Contaminants

9 Contaminants in seafood

10 Litter

11 Energy, incl. underwater noise

D1.

Biological

diversity D2.

Alien

species

D10.

Marine

D11.

Underwater

noise

Impacts

5

D4.

Marine food

webs

D6.

Sea-floor

integrity

Marine

litter Impacts

caused by

fisheries� ghost fishnets

� bottom trawling

Marine DirectorsMarine Directors

Marine Strategy Coordination Group (MSCG)

Marine Strategy Coordination Group (MSCG)

Common Implementation Strategy - Structure

MSFD CommitteeMSFD

Committee

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Data, Information

and Knowledge Exchange (DIKE)

Data, Information

and Knowledge Exchange (DIKE)

Good Environ-mental Status (GES)

Good Environ-mental Status (GES)

Economic and Social Assessment

(ESA)

Economic and Social Assessment

(ESA)

Technical Sub-Groups / Workshops

Technical Sub-Groups / Workshops

Cooperation and regionalisation

MSFD Implementation StepsMSFD Implementation Steps

2013:

First COM Report on

Implementation

The First Phase of the MSFD

The final objective Good Environmental

Status (art.9)

Member States had to report on:

Status (art.9)

How to get there: Targets (art.10)

Point of departure initial assessment

(art.8)

Commission assessed and must

give guidance (art.12)

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Article 12: Key Article 12: Key elementselements

Commission empowerment

• to assess compliance with the Directive

• to ask for additional information• to ask for additional information

• to analyse coherence between marine (sub-) regions andwithin EU

• to make recommendations for modifications

MSFD: Next stepsMSFD: Next steps

MONITORING & MEASURES

� Implementation of Monitoring Programmes (Article 11) –

deadline 15 July 2014deadline 15 July 2014

� Development and implementation of Programmes of

Measures (Article 13) – 2015 / 2016

� Including spatial protection measures contributing to coherent

and representative networks of MPAs

� MSs shall make publicly available MPA information by 2013

o Article 6 (2) and Article 7 (1)

Focus on:

MS MS in the catchment area in the catchment area

of Marine of Marine RegionsRegions//SubSub--regionsregions

Focus on:

• Implementation of Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)

• Aquaculture

• Litter

• Release of chemicals

• Migratory species

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine

Thank you for your attention! Thank you for your attention!